Commun ty Matters Emporia Presbyterian Manor
July 2016
Start painting ... at any age! By Heidi Raschke for Next Avenue
Megan Jackson is the kind of person people describe as an old soul. “It’s hard for me to really connect in my own age group, and that’s always been the case,” says the painter who created an untitled work selected for publication by Next Avenue (see page 4). “I’ve always had older friends.” Before Jackson created this work of painting and collage, she wasn’t familiar with the terms “artful aging” or “creative aging” — which refer to the practice of engaging older adults in participatory, professionally run arts programs with a focus on social engagement and skills mastery. But she knew many people who were living it. “Anyone — anyone — can be an artist.You hear people all the time say, ‘Oh, I don’t have any artistic talent,’ which is not true,” Jackson says. “You just have to do it whether you think you have talent or not, you have to get out there and try it.” Jackson offers two tips on how you, too, can let go of the pressure and get started doing art: ART, continued on page 4
Join in the fun! Barbecue and ice cream at Presbyterian Manor Summer is here, and now is a great time to consider a move to Emporia Presbyterian Manor to avoid handling all your home maintenance on your own. Emporia Presbyterian Manor is hosting a “Neighborhood BBQ and Ice Cream Social” from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 12. Join us for a an outdoor picnic and then cool off indoors with ice cream and tours of our newly renovated independent living apartments. BARBECUE, continued on page 2
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Find out how you can enjoy a maintenance-free lifestyle on our beautiful campus. At Emporia Presbyterian Manor, we offer a full range of senior living including independent living, assisted living, long-term care/ skilled nursing, memory care (Alzheimer’s / dementia), shortterm rehabilitation, respite care and adult day services. For more information about Emporia Presbyterian Manor, visit our website at EmporiaPresbyterianManor.org or contact Crystal Holly, marketing director, at 620-343-2613 or email cholly@pmma.org.
Ready for a low-maintenance lifestyle? Check out our newly renovated independent living apartments. We are updating paint, cupboards, lighting fixtures, carpet, flooring, hardware, patio doors, blinds, countertops and appliances. Select your apartment, and you may be able to select the finishes. Schedule a tour today by calling 620-343-2613.
Welcome, Caitie Stineman! Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Emporia Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org. Susan Siepelmeier, executive director Crystal Holly, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact Crystal Holly, marketing director, cholly@pmma.org. Telephone: 620-343-2613 Fax: 620-343-9195 Address: 2300 Industrial Rd., Emporia, KS 66801-6636 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. EmporiaPresbyterianManor.org
As the new director of human resources at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, Caitie Stineman says her purpose is to serve our employees so they can best serve our residents. Caitie came to Presbyterian Manor this spring from the information technology department at Emporia State University, where she was office manager. She previously worked in HR in Sterling, Kan., where she attended college. “I wanted to get back to HR. That was the driving force,” Caitie said. “A couple of people recommended Presbyterian Manor and said it was a great place.” Working in health care and senior living is a new experience, and Caitie said she’s working hard to get up to speed on the many regulations that govern the field. Caitie was born in Kansas but grew up in California. She has a lot of family in western Kansas. She played volleyball at Sterling College and she met Jordan Stineman there, too. In 2011, Jordan proposed to Caitie on the football field at halftime of the Sterling College homecoming game, just after they had been crowned king and queen. Caitie and Jordan moved to Emporia about a year ago, when he accepted the job of youth pastor for a local Baptist church. They have a daughter who is just under a year old.
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Just Ask focuses on senior fitness Our Just Ask lecture in May focused on senior fitness. Nevik Stock, a graduate of Emporia State University with a degree in health promotion, shared age-appropriate exercises and healthy eating tips, touching on everything from portion sizes to whole foods and all-natural choices. Nevik also is an intern at Genesis Health Club.
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We will focus on healthy aging in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. What are your secrets for staying healthy as you age? What advice do you have for others? Have you faced a health crisis and made life-altering changes as a result? If you’ve got a story to share, contact Marketing Director Crystal Holly, and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters. Emporia Presbyterian Manor
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1. Color and doodle “This whole coloring book craze is huge right now, because it’s already there for you and you can put your creativity in with your color and design. Painting can definitely be the same thing,” Jackson says. “People think that I must be an excellent drawer. I’m not. When I take my pencil, I’m scribbling. I’m not doing refined drawing.” She suggests trying this exercise, which encourages you to take a bit more of a risk than filling in a prefab coloring page: Take a black Sharpie and draw an abstract image using one continuous line — don’t lift up the pen. Then color in the shapes. “You’re basically making your own coloring page,” says Jackson. “There’s freedom because you’re making your own shape, but then there’s that structure of, ‘Oh, now I just get to color in.’” Untitled painting and collage by Megan Jackson 2. Make art a daily practice “I did have to discipline myself and I did have to paint every day, even if it was literally for five or 10 minutes during nap time,” Jackson says. “You just have to keep practicing and revising and learning from past pieces and works. I took that practice into play with my painting which really allowed me to open up and to paint bad things.” © Twin Cities Public Television 2016. All rights reserved.
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